by erictknight | Feb 13, 2020 | action and adventure, Americana, Arizona history, cattle, cowboys, humor, Old West, ranching
By the time I was five or six I was judged old enough to ride my own horse during round up. At last I could begin to earn my keep. The horse for beginners on Date Creek Ranch was Lady, a horse so ancient she had turned white, speckled with little brown spots, like...
by erictknight | Nov 28, 2017 | action and adventure, Americana, Arizona history, bandits, Colt .44, comedy, cowboys, creative writing, drama, fiction, gun fight, horses, humor, novels, Old West, pulp fiction, roping, serial fiction, suspense, thriller, Uncategorized, writing
Drum roll please… Ladies and gentlemen, may I present a sneak peek at the next installment of the Lone Wolf Howls series. It begins, predictably enough, with Ace getting himself into trouble yet again. (Trouble does seem to follow him, doesn’t it?) The...
by erictknight | Aug 25, 2017 | action and adventure, action thriller, Coming of Age, creative writing, drama, epic fantasy, epic fantasy series, fantasy, fantasy fiction, fantasy novel, fantasy series, fiction, suspense, Young Adult
Chaos and Retribution, that is. Yep, book 2 of my new fantasy series, Sky Touched, just came out a couple of days ago. It continues the stories of Fen, Aislin and Karliss, three young people with the powers of Stone, Sea and Sky. They’ve done some growing up...
by erictknight | Jan 18, 2017 | action and adventure, action thriller, Americana, Arizona history, comedy, cowboys, creative writing, drama, humor, Old West, pulp fiction, serial fiction, suspense, writing
Doc waves goodbye as the wagon pulls out of town, Lou driving, me on the seat next to him—uh, her. That’s an idea that’s going to take some getting used to. I take a sideways peek at Lou, trying to see what Doc sees. I don’t know. Maybe Doc is wrong on this...
by erictknight | Jan 17, 2017 | action and adventure, action thriller, Americana, Arizona history, comedy, cowboys, creative writing, drama, humor, Old West, pulp fiction, serial fiction, suspense, writing
“Is this the feller you were talking about? He don’t look like much to me.” “He’s looked better, I allow.” The words come from far away and through a haze of pain. My head feels like a team of men have been at work inside it with pickaxes. I try to swallow, but my...
by erictknight | Jan 15, 2017 | action and adventure, action thriller, Americana, Arizona history, comedy, cowboys, creative writing, drama, humor, Old West, pulp fiction, serial fiction, suspense, writing
Doc comes out with my glass and chair. He sets them down and pumps my hand. “Ace Lone Wolf, as I live and breathe.” He starts coughing and has to bring out his hanky. His coughing fit over, he looks at the blood on the cloth before putting it away. “Well, as I live...
